An Al Qaida terror manual called for launching attacks on Jewish groups and large gatherings of Jews. Such attacks should be planned in order to cause as many deaths as possible, according to the manual, which also lists skyscrapers, national monuments, nuclear plants and crowded football stadiums as the best targets for spreading fear in the United States and Europe.
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